And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
"Stop in the name of the Coast Guard!" Did you know Popeye was a Coastie? Creator Elzie Crisley Segar initially created Popeye as a civilian sailor to reflect his real-life counterpart, Frank "Rocky" Fiegel, a local bar bouncer in Segar's hometown of Chester, Illinois, and a former sailor of the Merchant Marines. In 1937, he made the switch to the Coast Guard in the two-feature reel Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves. Throughout this short, you can see Popeye at his very own Coast Guard Station as well as hear him say the line "stop in the name of the Coast Guard". In 1941, Popeye joined the U.S. Navy, where he has remained since. Repost from USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 82 Longboat Key.
Me grandpappy looked like Popeye. Immigrated from Sweden, left home at age 15 to work the lake ore boats. Small stature, strong as an ox, a whimsical look on life (serious when it mattered), even smoked a pipe.
Read a thing last week, Popeye started out as a Coastie when WW2 came along he joined the Navy.
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DeleteDid you know Popeye was a Coastie?
Creator Elzie Crisley Segar initially created Popeye as a civilian sailor to reflect his real-life counterpart, Frank "Rocky" Fiegel, a local bar bouncer in Segar's hometown of Chester, Illinois, and a former sailor of the Merchant Marines. In 1937, he made the switch to the Coast Guard in the two-feature reel Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves. Throughout this short, you can see Popeye at his very own Coast Guard Station as well as hear him say the line "stop in the name of the Coast Guard". In 1941, Popeye joined the U.S. Navy, where he has remained since.
Repost from USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 82 Longboat Key.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOFtbPt4yFA
In 1941, the Coast Guard became a part of the Navy,,,,,so......
DeletePopeye's medical condition was diagnosed.
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Loved Popeye when I was a kid, especially the oldest cartoons. He's probably why I love spinach today. Absolutely true story.
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DeleteSame here, and Bluto was a bad SOB back in the day.
DeleteMe grandpappy looked like Popeye.
ReplyDeleteImmigrated from Sweden, left home at age 15 to work the lake ore boats. Small stature, strong as an ox, a whimsical look on life (serious when it mattered), even smoked a pipe.
Back in the college days we did hits of acid that looked just like that. Good times.
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